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Title:
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Deciphering Rodrigo Duterte's China Triangulation
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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October 31, 2016
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Description:
- “I’ve realigned myself in [China’s] ideological flow … there are three of us against the world: China, Philippines and Russia. It’s the only way,” exclaimed Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte during his four-day trip to China. Not short of theatrics, he also bid “goodbye” to America, vowing “separation” from the Philippines’ sole treaty ally.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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On Duterte’s heels, Malaysia is the next Asian country to embrace China
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Author:
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Simon Denyer
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Source:
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The Washington Post
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Date:
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October 31, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING — Malaysia’s prime minister arrived in China on Monday with warm words for his hosts, a thirst for Chinese money and, for the first time, a promise of significantly closer defense ties with the purchase of Chinese naval coastal patrol ships.
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Title:
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Esperon: China, Philippines in 'friendly' understanding on Scarborough
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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November 1, 2016
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Description:
- The Philippines and China have reached a "friendly" understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.
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Title:
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China, Philippines in 'friendly' understanding on shoal
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Author:
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AFP
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Source:
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Bangkok Post
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Date:
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October 31, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA - The Philippines and China have reached a "friendly" understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday.
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Title:
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China confirms allowing Philippine fishermen access to shoal
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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The Washington Post
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Date:
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October 31, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING — China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed a decision to allow Philippine fishermen access to a disputed shoal following a visit to Beijing by the Philippine president.
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Title:
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Business leaders laud government for rekindling China trade relations
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Author:
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Manila Bulletin
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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October 30, 2016
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Description:
- Business leaders are upbeat about the recently concluded presidential visit of President Rodrigo Duterte to China and lauds the government for actively re-engaging the second biggest economy in the world. The milestone visit happened on October 2016 19-21 in Beijing, China.
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Title:
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Philippines says China ships still at shoal, but fishermen unhindered
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Author:
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Manuel Mogato
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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October 30, 2016
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Description:
- China has scaled down its presence at a disputed South China Sea shoal but has not interfered with Filipino fishermen, the Philippine president's security adviser said on Sunday, after the administration had said China had withdrawn completely.
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Title:
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When business is not just business: The politics of investment promises
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Author:
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Dindo Manhit
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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October 28, 2016
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Description:
- While it is tempting to read recent events in the Philippines as being solely influenced by the president’s personal sentiments and as designed by his foreign affairs team, the benefits of a bilateral relationship are the product of dynamics within two countrie
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Title:
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Obama’s Sinking Ship in the Pacific Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441534/obama-philippines-china-duterte-disses-us
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Author:
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Arthur Herman
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Source:
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National Interest
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Date:
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October 28, 2016
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Description:
- The words “Obama” and “disaster” go together all too well these days. To name just a few, there’s Obama’s Middle East disaster, the Obamacare disaster, Obama’s economic disaster, and Obama’s Europe disaster, including Putin’s annexation of Crimea and the refugee crisis sweeping the continent — a crisis triggered by Obama’s Middle East disaster.
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Title:
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Palace: Deals with allegedly dubious Chinese firms not yet final
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Author:
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Agence France-Presse
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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October 28, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA – The Palace on Friday stressed that the investment pledges bagged by the Philippines from several Chinese firms during President Rodrigo Duterte’s state visit to China are not yet set in stone.
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Title:
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Philippines says China has stopped chasing fishermen from contested shoal
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Author:
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Emily Rauhala
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Source:
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The Washington Post
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Date:
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October 28, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING — Filipino fisherman were able to fish this week in waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal without being chased away by Chinese vessels, the Philippines said Friday, suggesting a potential deal with China over the disputed South China Sea.
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Title:
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The Philippines got less
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Author:
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Tony Lopez
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Source:
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Manila Standard
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Date:
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October 28, 2016
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Description:
- President Duterte’s four-day (Oct. 18 to 21) state visit to China generated $24 billion worth of investments ($15 billion) and credit facilities ($9 billion), said Malacañang.
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Title:
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Pinoy fishermen say they can fish in Scarborough Shoal again
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Author:
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ABS-CBN News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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October 28, 2016
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Description:
- Filipino fishermen claim they have been fishing in Scarborough Shoal these past few days without being harassed or blocked by the Chinese Coast Guard.
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Title:
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How Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Is Shaking Up the South China Sea
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Author:
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Hannah Beech
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Source:
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TIME
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Date:
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October 27, 2016
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Description:
- On Thursday, Chinese warships were scheduled to conduct military exercises in the South China Sea, the contested waterway through which flows roughly one-third of global maritime commerce.
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Title:
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Just memos, contract, with Chinese firm, says BCDA
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Author:
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Nikko Dizon, Tarra Quismundo
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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October 27, 2016
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Description:
- No contracts, just memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Chinese companies for feasibility studies, said the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) chief, as a senator called on Malacañang to investigate how Chinese firms with tainted track records were tapped for major Philippine infrastructure projects during President Duterte’s state visit to China.
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Title:
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Japan is scrambling a record number of aircraft to shadow Chinese planes
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Business Insider
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Date:
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October 27, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Defence Ministry on Thursday accused Japanese air force jets of locking their radars on to Chinese military aircraft, acting provocatively and endangering safety, after Japan said it is scrambling a record number of fighter jets.
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Title:
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Malaysia's Najib aims to take China ties to 'new highs' on visit
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Author:
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Praveen Menon
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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October 27, 2016
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Description:
- Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak heads to China next week to build closer ties and seek investment, which may further dent U.S. aims in Southeast Asia after a push by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to bolster China ties.
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Title:
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China rolls out the red carpet for Rodrigo Duterte
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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Aljazeera
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Date:
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October 27, 2016
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Description:
- "Goodbye" America, declared the Philippines' firebrand leader Rodrigo Duterte ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Shortly after, he dropped another bombshell.
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Title:
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Golez bucks EDCA halt, says threat from China still there
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Author:
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Trishia Billones
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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October 27, 2016
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Description:
- Why end an enhanced defense deal that allows American soldiers in the Philippines when the threat of China taking over Philippine territorial waters is still there?
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Title:
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Beijing weighing up costs to avoid strategic overdraft
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Author:
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Shen Dingli
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Source:
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Global Times
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Date:
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October 26, 2016
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Description:
- Will there be a strategic overdraft in China? To some extent, there could be. But it's under control for the moment. Overdraft means using wealth or strength beyond one's capacity to sustain. Even if Beijing is putting an increasing amount of effort into a wide range of fields, nothing has happened yet which it hasn't been able to manage.